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Mechanical Engineering B.S. - 4 Year Degree Plan

2025-2026

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Lamar University's Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering prepares you for a career in machine design, systems design, energy resources and conversion, manufacturing and production, transportation and environmental impact, materials and structures and aerospace. This program offers you an engineering degree in a broad discipline incorporating the research, design, development, manufacturing and testing of mechanical devices.

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NOTE: Degree plans may change over a four-year period. This may not be the most current list of course requirements for your program. It is always advised that you check Degree Audit in Banner Self-Serv or your advisor for the most up-to-date degree requirements and to track your progress toward a degree.Visit the for information about course equivalency and degree applicability of transfer credit on a statewide basis. 

FIRST     YEAR
Fall Hours Grade Spring Hours Grade
Communication 3 ______ POLS 2301 Intro to American Government I 3 ______
MATH 2413 Calculus and Analytical Geometry I 4 ______ ENGL 1301 Composition I 3 ______
CHEM 1311
and CHEM 1111
 General Chemistry I 
and Gen Chem I Lab
 4 ______ MATH 2414 Calculus and Analytical Geometry II 4 ______
American History 3 ______ PHYS 2425 University Physics I 4 ______
Creative Arts Elective 3 ______ American History 3 ______
  Hours 17 ______   Hours 17 ______
SECOND   YEAR
Fall Hours Grade Spring Hours Grade
MEEN 2112 Introduction to Programming 1 ______ MATH 2320 Ordinary Differential Equations 3 ______
MATH 2415 Calculus III 4 ______ MEEN 2302 Dynamics 3 ______
PHYS 2426 University Physics II 4 ______ MEEN 2372 Mechanics of Solids 3 ______
MEEN 2301 Statics 3 ______ INEN 2373 Engineering Economics 3 ______
MEEN 2213 Introduction to Design 2 ______ MEEN 2374 Thermodynamics I 3 ______
MATH 2318 Linear Algebra 3 ______ ______
  Hours 17 ______   Hours 15 ______
THIRD     YEAR
Fall Hours Grade Spring Hours Grade
PHIL 2306 Ethics 3 ______ MEEN 3210 Measurements Lab 2 ______
MEEN 3340 Engineering Analysis 3 ______ MEEN 3310 Heat Transfer 3 ______
MEEN 3311 Fluid Mechanics 3 ______ MEEN 3300 Design of Mechanism 3 ______
INEN 3322 Eng Materials/Manufacturing Processes 3 ______ MEEN 3320 Mechanical Design I 3 ______
ELEN 3310 Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering 3 ______ INEN 4320
or MATH 3370
 Statistical Decision Making in Engineering 
or Intro to Theory of Statistical Inference
 3 ______
POLS 2302 Intro/American Government II 3 ______
  Hours 15 ______   Hours 17 ______
FOURTH     YEAR
Fall Hours Grade Spring Hours Grade
MEEN 4110 Seminar 1 ______ MEEN 4316 Engineering Design Project 3 ______
MEEN 4310 Integrated System Design 3 ______ MEEN 4317 Dynamic Systems Analysis 3 ______
MEEN 4313 Thermal Systems Design 3 ______ MEEN Technical Elective 3 ______
MEEN 4319 Materials Science 3 ______ Free Elective 3 ______
MEEN 4323 Mechanical Design II 3 ______
MEEN Technical Elective 3 ______
  Hours 16 ______   Hours 12 ______